The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-02-24
Food for Thought.

Governor St. John, of Kansas, made
temperance address in Baltimore last
week, which the SIN reporter considered
good enough to print. From it the fol-
lowing extracts are taken:
ST. John said: "Tbis is free coun-
try, and all have right to belong to
whatever church or party they want and
whoever attempts to interfere with that
freedom is an enemy of civil government.
I trust no prohibitionist will become so
narrow aud soulless as to make faces at
his ncighlbor because he differs in poll.
tics or religion. The fight must be won,
not by abuse, but by appeals to the heart
and reason. will not even say an
unkind word Of a saloon keeper. IL is
out of place to abuse a man for engaging
in a lawful business. am unable to see
the difference between the saloon and
the man who keeps it, between the
saloon and the law which protects it,
between the law and the church deacon
who votes for it. When they all come
before the Judgment God will not take
time to grant separate trials, but will
deem all alike guilty. (Applause.) We
are told that it can't be helped, that we
are in a miserable minority. I'm used
to that, and I like it. Laughter.
Ignorance and prejudice are hard to
overcome, speak from experience, for
| have had both. (Laughter.) When
Noah was floating around in the ark and
looked out on the big majority in the
water, none of those with him wanted 10
go over to the majority. (Laughter.)
But many would have been glad to have
gone over to the minority with Noah,"
daughter.
"There are 215 900 retail liquor saloons
in the country, consuming nine hundred
millions of the peoples money yearly,
and indirectly six hundred millions more
for aims houses, jails, penitentiaries and
lost time. Yet the politicians say the
tariff is the great i-sue. The present
protective system has ten times as much
politics as it has protection in it. 1t
gives ten dollars worth Of protection TO
tie capitalists to every dollars worth It
gives the labor Of the country. ZAP
plause.) We need protection to tie
home, and unless we give it, while the
mercy of God enlurcth forever, His
patience will cease, and this nation will
see inscribed on the wall, "Weighed in
the balance and found wanting"
"For every dollar we expend to edu-
cate ne contribute $15 to the liquor
traflic-S15 to tear down and one dollar
to build up. The United States is the
boss saloon. keeper. 1t is the principal
partner in every saloon to the extent of
$25 year and 90 cents a gallon. The
government gives greater protection to the
distillery than it does tc any church,
schoolhousc, home mother or babe in
arms" Mr.. St. John then cited the case
of the Chicago internal revenue collector
posting notice on 3 distillery during
tie riots last year, in which he said the
government would protect the property.
Near by was new aud fine church,
whose minister asked the collector to
extend the protection to the church,
which could be done with no additional
trouble, but the collector replied that "the
government is not protecting churches
The government don't get ninety cents a
gallon on every gallon of religion. II
you buy still and go to making whisky
in the church, We will protect your prop.
erty. When the mob passes you can
move the still into the cellar
Nearly 1000 years ago there was an
election between Barrabas and Christ
and Christ ,iidn't get vote, not that Hc
had no friends, but they didn't want to
throw their votes away. y vote (ol
principle in tic sight Of God is never
thrown away. (Appause.) Take the
preachers and The saloon keepers. One
is y man Of God, :he other a man O.
beer. Laughtcr.) They voted the same
tickets once in the old parties, but they
can't do so now. The preacher wants s
prohibition plank in the platform ant
says times nave changed. The saloon
keeper objects and says the preacher ia:
changed, and as he has the logic Of the
argument, the minister has to get out o
the old party and into the new one
There is nothing between the old partie:
now but ;hc bitterness growing out Of {
struggle that ought to have been buried
long ago. We used to could tell tht
difference between thcm by smelling
their breath Laughter. We cam
tell any more. Laughter. Like Char
lev who WAS 50 far in his calechism a:
original sim and Tom, who was pas
rcdemption,' the Democratic party i:
still in original sin, while the Republican
party is past redemption. (Laughter.)
DAT the door of the Christian people
rests the responsibility. As long as yol
see tie min of God and The man Of bocl
voting the same ticket We will have Til:
on us. No wonder lngersoll has his i"ii[
shaken in Christianity as he looks dowl
the line On clec,ion day. God help MT
to inject some religion into politics
Show me q man who is corrupt in polite:
and will show you one who has no re
ligion. If the Christian people were a!
united against the saloon as the saloon il
against Christianity, the saloon woul
not last II months
= The Y'orkyiIle i:17ui.rr says thai
Col. A. Coward, late State superinend
ent of education, has received the ap